{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-first-hamlet-9781800735538","title":"Shakespeare and the First Hamlet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe first edition of \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e – often called ‘Q1’, shorthand for ‘first quarto’ – was published in 1603, in what we might regard as the early modern equivalent of a cheap paperback. Yet this early version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is becoming increasingly canonical, not because there is universal agreement about what it is or what it means, but because more and more Shakespearians agree that it is worth arguing about. The essays in this collected volume explore the ways in which we might approach Q1’s \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, from performance to book history, from Shakespeare’s relationships with his contemporaries to the shape of his whole career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Is Q1 \u003cem\u003eHamlet \u003c\/em\u003ethe First \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTerri Bourus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Shakespeare’s Early Gothic \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGary Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Hybrid \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e: Player Tested, Shakespeare Approved\u003cbr\u003e \tChristopher Marino\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ofelia’s Interruption of Ophelia in \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael M. Wagoner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beautified Q1 \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDouglas Bruster\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Good Enough Quarto: \u003cem\u003eHamlet \u003c\/em\u003eas a Material Object\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTerri Bourus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Harvey’s 1593 ‘To Be and Not To Be’: The Authorship and Date of the First Quarto of \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDennis McCarthy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘To Be, or Not To Be’: \u003cem\u003eHamlet \u003c\/em\u003eQ1, Q2 and Montaigne\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSaul Frampton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Shakespeare, Virgil and the First \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn. V. Nance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unique Lines and the Ambient Heart of Q1 \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaurie Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Brief Let Me Be’: Telescoped Action and Characters in Q1 and Q2 \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTommaso Continisio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Q1 \u003cem\u003eHamlet:\u003c\/em\u003e The Sequence of Creation and Implications for the ‘Allowed Booke’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCharles Adams Kelly and Dayna Leigh Plehn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Doesn’t Happen in \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRory Loughnane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Q1 Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGraham Holderness and Bryan Loughrey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042747122007,"sku":"9781800735538","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800735538.jpg?v=1750955448","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-first-hamlet-9781800735538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}